Police dog helps girl testify at sex assault trial in B.C. legal first
"VANCOUVER—A police dog has helped a 10–year–old girl endure the pain of testifying about an alleged sexual assault, and has become the first canine to assist a child during a trial in British Columbia.
Caber, a yellow Labrador retriever, rested peacefully in a bed and at the girl's feet, as she spoke in the witness box, while shielded by a screen in Surrey provincial court Tuesday."thestar.com, May 29, 2015.

Service Pit Bull Wins Right to Attend Florida Boy's School
"'Congress specifically intended that individuals with disabilities not be separated from their service animals, even in schools,' the DOJ wrote.
Judge Bloom ruled that it was reasonable to expect the district to allow Stevie on campus 'in the same way a school would assist a non–disabled child to use the restroom, or assist a diabetic child with her insulin pump, or assist a physically disabled child employ her motorized wheelchair''."Life With Dogs, February 26, 2015.

Hard–Drive Sniffing Dog Helps Fight Child Porn
"New police dog Thoreau, who was given to the Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children task force by neighboring Connecticut state police, spent five months receiving specialized training on how to get the scent of hard drives, thumb drives, and other computer gear.
The task force has a special interest in finding such devices, as they're usually small enough to be hidden far out of sight by child pornogaphers. Dogs like Thoreau can join in on a search warrant, catching by scent well–hidden things an officer might miss. So far, Thoreau has already helped secure an arrest warrant on a suspect who had stashed a thumb drive filled with child porn deep within a metal filing cabinet." News Discovery.com, July 08, 2014.

Indiana Cop Caught on Camera Abusing Police Dog
"A police officer in Hammond, Ind., has been placed on leave after he was filmed jerking a K-9 officer into the air by his collar and whipping the pooch with its own leash."Daily News, May 02, 2014.